The Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion by Councillor Elderton and seconded with Councillor Boult it was:

Resolved (12:0) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

1.  The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission or two years from the date of the approval of the last of the reserved matters, whichever is the later.

2.  Details of the reserved matters set out below shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval within three years from the date of this permission:

  (a)  Layout

  (b)  Scale

  (c)  Appearance

  (d)  Access and

  (e)  Landscaping

3.  Approval of all reserved matters shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing before any development is commenced and shall be carried out as approved.

4.  Before any construction commences, samples of the facing and roofing materials to be used in the external construction of this development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved materials shall then be used in the construction of the development.

5.  No part of the development shall be brought into use until space and facilities for cycle parking of a type and in a location previously submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority have been provided and these facilities shall be permanently retained thereafter.

6.  The detailed plans submitted as reserved matters shall include a survey of existing and proposed ground levels, sections across the site and details of the finished slab level for the proposed apartments. The apartments shall be constructed in accordance with the approved ground levels across the site and finished slab level.

7.  The detailed plans submitted as reserved matters shall include full details indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected within the site.  The boundary treatment shall be completed before the dwellings are occupied and development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

8.  No development shall take place until an assessment of ground contamination is carried out in accordance with authoritative technical guidance (CLR11) and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The Assessment shall take into account any potential contaminants from all known previous land uses and if any contamination posing unacceptable risk is found, a report specifying the measures to be taken to remediate the site to render it suitable for the proposed use shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

9.  Prior to the commencement of development, the site shall be remediated in accordance with the approved measures and a verification report shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  If during the course of development any contamination posing unacceptable risks is found, which has not been previously identified, additional measures for the remediation of the land shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The remediation of the site shall incorporate the approved additional measures and a verification report shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.